AAGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[sweetjblue]

I'm so mad at myself right now I could scream!! Here's why.

I've had this seedling for a few years, ever since it was a baby with a leaf span of 3 inches. This year it FINALLY decided to bloom for me. I've been watching this spike develope for the last 2 months. Buds getting darker and darker and DARKER!! Oh I know this is going to be a GOOD one!! I've been waiting and waiting for her to bloom and it should be within the week!
So today I go to check on it. Pick up the plant, say to myself, Yup self it's going to be really dark, a beauty!. Put the plant back down, turn around to go finish making dinner, and then I hear that dreaded sound of the pot hitting the floor!!! There's my baby on the floor!
So you know what's just happened right??? Yep the spike broke!! But not where my little baby might grow a side shoot, OH NO, right at the very first node of the spike!!
I took the broken spike and showed hubby. He said "I'm sorry" but I can tell he doesn't understand how I feel, not really. I've been waiting so long for this.
And sure enough she was going to be dark, darker than a Phal Black Jack. All her parts are that dark,even the lip.
She has a cute little white nose and just a small circle of white leopard spotting on the inside of her sepals and petals.
So I ended up putting the broken spike in a glass of water in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, the other buds will open but I don't hold out much hope.

Thanks for listening to me rant and rave, I know that some of you guys understand how I'm feeling right now. *sniff, sniff*

Judi